Bhubaneswar, March 5 -- Bhubaneswar: When the raging fire in Asia's second-largest biosphere reserve Simlipal National Park has caught the imagination of national and international media, an embarrassed Odisha government has rushed a team led by PCCF Shashi Paul to take stock of the situation at the ground and submit a report to the State government.

The committee after a near 3-day stay at the ground zero has returned to the State Capital, and speaking to the OTV Correspondent on Friday, Odisha PCCF Paul said,

"The fire situation in Simlipal National Park is quite normal, though a perception has been made about how the fire has gone wild in the second largest biosphere reserve in the State. The situation has never gone out of control a...